Established 1961 13 Sports Monday, April 9, 2018 Australia continue medal rush in the pool, Scott upsets Chalmers Blake qualifies first for 100m final GOLD COAST: The Australian team, consisting of Elijah 200m breaststroke in Peaty’s absence earlier, was third in Winnington, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham and Mack 27.41 seconds. Horton, have won the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final in dominant fashion, setting a new Games record of seven min- GLAETZER STORMS TO TIME TRIAL VICTORY utes and 5.97 seconds to grab the gold. Australian cyclist Matthew Glaetzer, who is the world James Guy helped England finish nearly three seconds champion in sprint, blitzed around the track to set a new behind the hosts to take silver while Scotland were a further Games record time of 59.340 seconds and grab the gold second adrift in third. Scotland’s Duncan Scott won his medal in the men’s 1000m time trial final. New Zealand’s fourth medal at Gold Coast after recording a shock win over Edward Dawkins and Callum Skinner of Scotland won the South African Chad le Clos and Australian Kyle Chalmers in silver and bronze respectively. Glaetzer, a silver medallist in the men’s 100m freestyle final. the time trial at Apeldoorn, suffered a shock exit in the pre- Le Clos, who won the 50m and 200m butterfly events liminary rounds of the sprint event but bounced back to grab earlier in the competition, and Olympic champion Chalmers gold in the men’s keirin finals on Friday. finished joint-second with times of 48.15 seconds while Scott raced to the title in a time of 48.02 seconds. Chalmers’ com- MASSE OUTCLASSES SEEBOHM patriot Cameron McEvoy finished fourth. Scotland cyclist Canadian Kylie Masse led a Canadian one-two finish in the Mark Stewart improved on his bronze medal at the World women’s 200m backstroke final ahead of world champion Championships by winning the gold in the men’s 40km Emily Seebohm, as the 22-year-old and compatriot Taylor GOLD COAST: Athletes (L-R) Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, Australia’s Trae WIilliams, England’s Adam Gemili, points race finals. Stewart took the early lead and hold on for Ruck won the gold and silver medals respectively. Masse, who Canada’s Gavin Smellie and Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Jason Rogers compete in the athletic’s men’s 100m the win ahead of New Zealand’s Campbell Stewart and ousted Seebohm in the 100m event on Saturday, set a new semi-final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. — AFP photos England’s Ethan Hayter in the final race at the velodrome. Games record of two minutes 05.98 seconds to seal the gold. Ruck, aged 17, has now won six medals at this year’s Games. INDIAN WOMEN STUN SINGAPORE Two singles victories from Manika Batra helped the WILSON HUNGRY FOR MORE Indian women’s team win their first ever table tennis gold AFTER RINGS SILVER medal by beating favourites Singapore 3-1 in the final. England gymnast Nile Wilson is eager to add to his tally of England edged out Australia for the bronze. two gold medals and one silver when the final day of the artistic gymnastics competitions is held today. “... It’s an AUSTRALIANS SECURE ONE-TWO-THREE incredible feeling to get a silver on the rings,” Wilson told IN 50M BUTTERFLY BBC. “But I am absolutely exhausted now. One more day to Home favourite Cate Campbell won her third gold medal get through after an ice bath recovery tonight. We’re coming at the Gold Coast Games in the women’s 50m butterfly with a out here and putting together some great routines. I’m loving time of 25.59 seconds to finish it and excited to get back out ahead of compatriots Holly there.” Wilson’s compatriot Barratt and Madeline Groves, Courtney Tulloch, who is the who took silver and bronze rings and team all-round gold respectively. Australian Mitch medallist, is already looking Larkin grabbed gold in the Cheptegei races ahead to the World men’s 50m backstroke at the Championships. “I can’t believe Gold Coast Games, bettering to 5000m I’m a double Commonwealth the silver he won in Glasgow champion. This is a good step- four years ago. Compatriots victory ping stone towards the World Benjamin Treffers, who fin- Championships,” Tulloch said. ished just 0.6 seconds behind Larkin, and Zac Incerti com- BLAKE QUALIFIES FIRST pleted the podium. FOR 100M FINAL GOLD COAST: Australia’s Cate Campbell (C gold), Australia’s Madeline Groves (L silver) and Australia’s Jamaican sprinter Yohan Holly Barratt (bronze) pose with their medals after the swimming women’s 50m butterfly final during the O’CONNOR DOMINATES IN 200M MEDLEY Blake has qualified in first place for the men’s 100m final 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Optus Aquatic Centre in the Gold Coast yesterday. England’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor won gold in the after blazing to a time of 10.06 seconds in the semi-finals. women’s 200m individual medley for the second consecutive Cayman Islands’ Kemar Hyman was second fastest and fin- Games while compatriot Aimee Willmott and Scotland’s ished ahead of England’s Adam Gemili, the world 4x100 Edward Pingua Zakayo won the bronze. gold in the men’s pommel horse final. England’s Whitlock Hannah Miley both failed to add to their medals. Canadian relay gold medallist at London. Blake, a former world cham- and McClenaghan both recorded a score of 15.100 in the duo Sarah Darcel and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won the pion, is among the favourites to win the event and re-estab- MCCLENAGHAN ON HIS ‘HUGE’ tiebreak, with the Englishman having a higher difficulty silver and the bronze medals respectively. O’Connor was the lish Jamaica’s dominance following the retirement of multiple WIN OVER WHITLOCK score and the Irishman having a higher execution score, only swimmer to clock under two minutes 10 seconds. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt. Northern Ireland’s gold-medal winning gymnast Rhys but the latter was handed the gold. Whitlock settled for sil- McClenaghan believes his victory over reigning Olympic ver while Canada’s Zachary Clay took the bronze. MORTON CHARGES TO KEIRIN GOLD PHILIP SECURES FIRST SPOT champion Max Whitlock in the men’s pommel horse final Home favourites Stephanie Morton and Kaarle IN WOMEN’S 100M SEMI-FINALS puts him among the best in the sport. “Max has been my idol SAMPSON GRABS SHOOTING GOLD McCulloch charged to an Australian one-two finish in the England’s Asha Philip qualified fastest for the women’s growing up and I’ve been watching him since 2010 when he Australian Dane Sampson won the gold in the men’s women’s keirin with New Zealand’s Natasha Hansen taking 100m finals with a time of 11.21 seconds in the semi-finals, was competing in the Delhi Commonwealths,” the 18-year- 10m air rifle final after setting a new Games record score the bronze. Morton, who won gold in the team and individual narrowly ahead of Jamaican Christania Williams, the 4x100 old told BBC. “I’ve always felt though that one day I could be of 245.0. Bangladesh’s Abdullah Hel Baki won silver while sprints along with a silver in the 500m time trial, won her relay silver medallist at the Rio Olympics, who finished in up there with the best and beating them and this is a huge India’s Ravi Kumar took the bronze. fourth medal of the Games after finishing 0.079 seconds 11.22 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye was result for me.” ahead of McCulloch. the third fastest. BHAKER WINS SHOOTING GOLD ELEFTHERIOU EDGES OUT HILL TO WIN India’s Manu Bhaker won her nation’s sixth gold medal HOME HOPE PATTERSON FENTON ADDS TO ENGLAND MEDAL HAUL WOMEN’S SHOOTING GOLD at this year’s Games, notching a Games record score of WINS SCRATCH RACE England’s 17-year-old Georgia Mae-Fenton added to the Cypriot Andri Eleftheriou set a new Games record after 240.9 to win the women’s 10m air pistol finals. The 16- Australia put in a solid team performance to help Amy nation’s medal rush in gymnastics at this year’s Games by hitting 52 of the 60 targets to grab the gold medal in the year-old finished ahead of compatriot Heena Sidhu and Cure win her second gold medal at this year’s Games in the winning the gold in women’s uneven bars finals with a score women’s skeet shooting finals. England’s Amber Hill, who Australian Elena Galiabovitch. women’s 10km scratch race. Cure, who along with her team of 14.600. Canadian Brittany Rogers, who was part of her won the gold medal in the event in the 2017 Commonwealth mates won the team pursuit, finished ahead of Scotland’s country’s gold medal-winning squad in the team all-round Championships and 2015 European Games, took silver and INDIA’S YADAV WINS WEIGHTLIFTING GOLD Neah Evans and England’s Emily Kay after a close race. event on Friday, grabbed the silver followed by Australia’s Eleftheriou’s compatriot Panagiota Andreou won bronze. India’s Punam Yadav claimed gold in the women’s 69kg Individual pursuit gold medallist Katie Archibald, of Georgia Goodwin in third. weightlifting division with a combined weight of 222kg. Scotland, narrowly missed out on a medal. HUDSON-SMITH DISQUALIFIED IN 400M HEATS England’s Sarah Davies took silver with 217kg after she TULLOCH, WILSON SEAL ENGLAND England sprinter Matt Hudson-Smith was disqualified failed to lift 128kg on her final clean and jerk.